BY SAMIE WAIKORI A team from Bina Harbor office in Honiara briefed Heads of Department (HOD) under Malaita provincial government yesterday in Auki. The 3-hour briefing session aimed at enlightening the staffs on the progress and the current status of…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA provincial government (MPG) through Auki Town Council has cleared Auki streets of vendors and market stalls. The operation was carried out last week after negotiations with vendors, in which some willingly vacated the streets whilst others…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI MALAITA provincial health has recently shared some of the challenging setbacks they have been struggling with in the health sector. The challenges cover almost all aspects of health in the province including human resources, health infrastructure like;…
BY NED GAGAHE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) has set its eyes on establishing its Malaita Campus at Fote, West Kwara’e, at the former National Agriculture Training Institute (NATI). In a statement yesterday SINU Vice Chancellor Professor Transform Aqorau issued…
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the murder of his wife. Raphael Sare, from Onemae Zone, Fiu village, Central Kwaraae, Malaita Province, will become eligible for parole after 15 years. Sare was charged and convicted…
BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO WOMEN and men of wards 5, 6, 7 and 8 of West Makira are now able to produce enough food to feed their families in the face of ever increasing negative effects of climate change. This…
By EDDIE OSIFELO The New Asian Mining Company is pressing charges against landowners who reportedly demanded compensation and threatened some workers of the company with knives in Manakwai, East Malaita, recently. The company claims that these actions violate Section 79…
By EDDIE OSIFELO The Malaita New Government for Fundamental Redirection (MNGFR) has expressed its welcome to any Chinese investor willing to develop the Bina Harbour project in West Kwaio. The project involves the expansion of the port to international standards…
West Are’are locals turn back foreigners wanting to scuba WWII wreckage BY SAMIE WAIKORI Foreign divers have been blocked from diving a World War II wreckage at the West Are’are Lagoon. Three foreigners were reportedly turned back last week by…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Malaita provincial government workers were not paid their salaries on time this week, and it has caused fear and panic. The provincial government has said the delay is caused by cash flow problem in the national coffers…
